I'm fairly certain that these lyrics are correct as well. What I get from this song is someone who is suffering from something that they did, a sin as jesse says, and the guilt is eating them alive. They has memories of what happened, and it's angering and hurting them, pushing them closer to the edge of insanity. And whatever they did, they now live in their own personal hell everyday full of the guilt, but maybe it's pushing them to do it again? Hence "the enemy inside"?? As before, just MY opinion.
@Bodom: I somewhat agree, but I think it goes further than a single incident. I think it's a deeper reflection of the general condition of man. We have so many things happen to us throughout our entire lives (the ghosts) and as we mature we have two paths we can go down: redemption or condemnation. If we choose redemption, we experience a forgiveness, a weight lifted off of our shoulders (alluding to Fade Into later on the album). If we choose the latter, condemnation, then there's no hope for us. The "soul of the guilty",...
@Bodom: I somewhat agree, but I think it goes further than a single incident. I think it's a deeper reflection of the general condition of man. We have so many things happen to us throughout our entire lives (the ghosts) and as we mature we have two paths we can go down: redemption or condemnation. If we choose redemption, we experience a forgiveness, a weight lifted off of our shoulders (alluding to Fade Into later on the album). If we choose the latter, condemnation, then there's no hope for us. The "soul of the guilty", the "lies", the "sin" that eats us alive... I think he (the subject of the song) is trying to wake the ghosts, to dig up the memories of the evil that's been done to him, and get closer to the enemy inside: himself. He's looking for redemption.
I'm fairly certain that these lyrics are correct as well. What I get from this song is someone who is suffering from something that they did, a sin as jesse says, and the guilt is eating them alive. They has memories of what happened, and it's angering and hurting them, pushing them closer to the edge of insanity. And whatever they did, they now live in their own personal hell everyday full of the guilt, but maybe it's pushing them to do it again? Hence "the enemy inside"?? As before, just MY opinion.
@Bodom: I somewhat agree, but I think it goes further than a single incident. I think it's a deeper reflection of the general condition of man. We have so many things happen to us throughout our entire lives (the ghosts) and as we mature we have two paths we can go down: redemption or condemnation. If we choose redemption, we experience a forgiveness, a weight lifted off of our shoulders (alluding to Fade Into later on the album). If we choose the latter, condemnation, then there's no hope for us. The "soul of the guilty",...
@Bodom: I somewhat agree, but I think it goes further than a single incident. I think it's a deeper reflection of the general condition of man. We have so many things happen to us throughout our entire lives (the ghosts) and as we mature we have two paths we can go down: redemption or condemnation. If we choose redemption, we experience a forgiveness, a weight lifted off of our shoulders (alluding to Fade Into later on the album). If we choose the latter, condemnation, then there's no hope for us. The "soul of the guilty", the "lies", the "sin" that eats us alive... I think he (the subject of the song) is trying to wake the ghosts, to dig up the memories of the evil that's been done to him, and get closer to the enemy inside: himself. He's looking for redemption.